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Bryon Akerman
December 13th, 2005, 01:14 PM
Hey Everyone!

Just finished my first big project with and for a friend of mine. It's called, The Oklahoma Heismen. It's a documentary feature based on the four guys to win the Heisman Trophy from OU. It is just about 89 minutes in length and is available as of Thursday. I did 90% of the filming with my XL1-S, and we edited it mostly on two 17" powerbooks with FCP Studio. It's gotten great reviews by the local media and there should be clips on our website today, or in the next day or so.

Oh ,the best part..... we got ED HARRIS to narrarate it!!! Yes, that Ed Harris!
He donated all of His proceedings to a local charity. Start to finish, including advertising and pay, my friends budget was 100,000. But I think it only came to about 65,000.

Take a look and give me some feedback.

http://www.collegesportsdvds.com

Thanks,
Bryon <><

Bryon Akerman
December 14th, 2005, 12:38 PM
Hey guys, just got an email from are web designer and the videos are up and running. Just go to collegesportsdvds.com and the links are to the right under the heading of

Excerpts from "The Oklahoma Heismen" and are in H264, viewable with Quicktime 7

All of the highlight clips are from SoonerVision, the University of Oklahoma sports video department. I understand that OU has been fiming their sports longer than any other university. - Tidbit from Bryon's stash of useless info.

Please let me know what you think.

Bryon <><

Bryon Akerman
December 14th, 2005, 02:13 PM
I figured I would just post the links here. You need Quicktime 7 to view, but again, it's free.

http://www.collegesportsdvds.com/images/Every_Friday_Night.mov

http://www.collegesportsdvds.com/images/36_hours.mov

http://www.collegesportsdvds.com/images/They_didnt_want.mov

Ash Greyson
December 15th, 2005, 12:31 AM
I heard Owens talking about this on the radio today... best of luck with it...



ash =o)

Bryon Akerman
December 15th, 2005, 08:59 AM
Thanks Ash.

Again, It's really exciting. Never been a part of anything like this before.

Bryon <><

Tim Borek
December 15th, 2005, 11:05 AM
Congratulations! Enjoy your day in the sun.

Riley Harmon
December 18th, 2005, 07:05 PM
well ed harris did come from the OU theatre dept...GO SOOONERS!!! I'm currently in School of Art there...for...film woot sauce

Andrew C. Stewart
December 24th, 2005, 02:30 AM
No suprise that the OU lovin` media in OKC would praise this!!

HAHA! Totally kidding. That's awesome. I had no desire to watch this when I saw it was released (Go Pokes!) but now I might have to pick it up.

I'm thinking it's pretty awesome that there are so many Oklahomans on this site: Ash, Chris, Riley...

Maybe we should all collaborate on something?!?! I'll certainly turn to you guys if I ever need help with anything.

Andy Stewart

Ponca City, OK

Bryon Akerman
December 24th, 2005, 08:57 AM
Thanks...

As a matter of fact, I did have one OSU fan who said after watching this it almost made him want to become a Sooner. Almost.

Just take baby steps and we'll get you there.. ha ha

Bryon <><